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Ray Noble

1903 - 1978

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Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978) was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United States. He is best known for his signature tune, "The Very Thought of You". Noble wrote both lyrics and music for many popular songs during the British dance band era, known as the "Golden Age of British music", notably for his longtime friend and associate Al Bowlly, including "Love Is the Sweetest Thing", "Cherokee", "The Touch of Your Lips", "I Hadn't Anyone Till You". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Noble has received more than 190,144 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Noble is the 1,295th most popular composer (down from 1,167th in 2019), the 5,124th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,684th in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Composer.

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  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ray Noble ranks 1,295 out of 1,216. Before him are Magnus Lindberg, David Del Tredici, Robert Russell Bennett, Charles Wuorinen, Robert Ashley, and Bruce Broughton. After him are Paul Le Flem, Anne Dudley, Jesper Kyd, Poul Ruders, Norman Dello Joio, and Frank Loesser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Ray Noble ranks 316. Before him are Binnie Barnes, Clare Boothe Luce, Ernst Klodwig, Harold Whitlock, Hughie Gallacher, and June Marlowe. After him are Daphne Akhurst, Phyllis A. Whitney, Fernand Jourdant, Mike Mansfield, John Davis Lodge, and Barbara Bedford. Among people deceased in 1978, Ray Noble ranks 235. Before him are Malvina Reynolds, Károly Levitzky, Wendy Barrie, Valerian Gracias, Paul Scott, and Tom Wilson. After him are Tim McCoy, Lee Garmes, Theresa Weld, Gertrude Mary Cox, Ruth Etting, and Kofi Abrefa Busia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ray Noble ranks 5,124 out of 7,765. Before him are Neil Marshall (1970), Thomas Heywood (1574), Ian Mosley (1953), Billy Liddell (1922), Graham Parker (1950), and Simon Webbe (1978). After him are Kirsty MacColl (1959), Neil Warnock (1948), Yvonne Mitchell (1915), Danny Kirwan (1950), Thomas Percy (1729), and Jessica Brown Findlay (1989).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Ray Noble ranks 86. Before him are George Fenton (1950), Humphrey Searle (1915), Thomas Adès (1971), Edmund Rubbra (1901), John Stainer (1840), and Dave Stewart (1950). After him are Anne Dudley (1956), Oliver Knussen (1952), William Alwyn (1905), Alan Bush (1900), Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), and Benjamin Wallfisch (1979).

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